Also at the Fillmore: Young Jeezy, who is promoting "Thug Motivation 103." The show is his only in the region; last year, he played Baltimore's Dubai. Tickets, at $30, go on sale Friday.

Alison Krauss and Union Station will perform at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall April 14. The concert is in support of their album "Paper Airplane," which was released last Spring. Tickets, starting at $85.50, are already on sale.

The three-piece electronic band is promoting 2010 album "Tourist History." Tickets, at $25, go on sale Friday.

Rams Head also announced this week Cotton Jones, the Cumberland, Md. band, would perform February 16. The band is promoting new EP "Sit Beside Your Vegetable." Tickets, at $20, are already on sale.

Slaughterhouse- the hip hop group, not the New Jersey trash metal band - will perform at Baltimore Soundstage March 3. The band is promoting new album "Welcome to Our House," or, as they spell it, "Welcome to: OUR HOUSE," which will be released May 15. Tickets, at $25, go on sale today. There is also a $100 VIP package that includes a meet & greet.

An actual heavy metal band, Mastodon, just announced a new tour Tuesday. They'll perform at the Fillmore Silver Spring May 9.

The band is still promoting acclaimed 2011 album "The Hunter." Tickets, at $25, go on sale Friday.

Call it a convenient coincidence: on the same day Live Nation announced Gun N' Roses would play its Fillmore Silver Spring, competitor I.M.P. announced the return of its glam and heavy metal festival to Merriweather Post Pavilion.

The last 11 months have been difficult for Anthony and Eldrie Scott, with every holiday or milestone bringing another reminder. They had lost their only child, something they pray no other parent has to experience.